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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
It's a Wrap Party
My box of plastic wrap is mangled. It looks like its been through a war. Either that or men get together and have a wrap party where they all get together and mangle it at once.
People, those things aren't that hard to open. The hard part comes after you open it.
Seriously, who hasn't wrangled with a roll of plastic wrap?
I can't tell you the number of times I've wrestled with one and the box has won. Reminds me of that famous song "I fought the box and the....box won. I fought the box and the...box won." Something like that anyway.
Usually what happens is I get maimed. That's right. I leave skin, blood and a little DNA.
There is probably a secret to that stuff, but I don't wanna know it. I like having a knock-down drag-out fight every time I am attempting to cover my leftovers.
Sometimes it's the only exercise I get that day. Well, that and trying to burp the tupperware.
Which reminds me, there are only two things you burp....babies and Tupperware, right?
Just don't get the two confused.
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Ha. Girl, you're right -- it is nearly impossible to fix those rolls once someone messes up the flow. Ha.ReplyDelete
I don't use plastic wrap because I can't stand wrestling with it. And I think it just completely confuses men!ReplyDelete
My Grandma was a master at plastic wrap! She had thes HUGE box and she never had a problem. My mom is still using her box of plactic wrap and she passed 6 years ago. She and my sister's and I on the other can never get it to rip the way she did!ReplyDelete
lol you are too funny! Yes I don't think there is a secret so your wrestling days aren't over.ReplyDelete
I hate plastic wrap, once you manage to find where it begins on the roll, it's almost nearly impossible to tear it off completely on the sharper than any of my kitchen knives metal edge on the side of the box.ReplyDelete
Once that happens, it all blows against itself and I have to begin the process all over again. Who invented this stuff anyway?
Love and Hugs ~ Kat
Seems we all struggle with plastic wrap. I have found that Saran Wrap Premium is one of the better plastic wraps. It's a heavier quality, so it's easier to manage.ReplyDelete
Don't even get me started about managing my husband, though. ;-)
And that is exactly why I don't use plastic wrap:-)ReplyDelete
That's why I'd much rather use aluminum foil, so much less drama.ReplyDelete
It is like that packing tape or electrical tape once it gets all off course. I hate that. The other night at theater the duct tape would not come off in one nice piece...oh no shredded everywhere.ReplyDelete
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Tulsa 9.12 Project Tulsa County Sheriff Candidate Voter Guide
Randy Pierce
Party Affiliation: Republican
Previous offices held: N/A
Occupation: Sergeant
Current Employment: Tulsa County Sheriff's Office 23 years/Business Owner
Previous Employment: Dow USA
Education: Tulsa Public Schools. Hoover/Whitney/Hale
TCC/LSU/Rogers State / 90 hours / Criminal Justice
Community ties: See question #1
Endorsements: TBA
1. What is your top public-service accomplishment?
Council on Law Enforcement Education & Training (CLEET) Advanced Instructor; Tribal member Citizens Band Potawatomi Nation; Tulsa County Deputies Lodge 188 Fraternal Order of Police; Delta Masonic Lodge #425; First Baptist Church; OKRCA Oklahoma Retail Crime Association; Tulsa-MAFIA Metro Area Fraud Investigators Association; Stop DUI Oklahoma- Board of Director; Greater Oklahoma Victim Impact Panel – Board of Director; Hoover Neighborhood Association; ALERT International-Association of Law Enforcement Emergency Response Trainers; Tulsa Hale High School '79 Alumni Association; Law Enforcement Purple Hearts; Sooner Club; Deer Creek Football Club.
PAST: MADD-Mothers Against Drunk Drives Board of Directors-OK; Past President-Native American Law Enforcement Association; Board of Director-Crime Prevention Network (Crime Commission); 2Much2Lose Under Age Drinking; Tulsa-MAFIA Metro Area Fraud Investigators Association; Tulsa Area Safe Communities; Oklahoma Gang Investigators Association; Cops Helping Cops; Elk's Lodge Bristow; St. George Volunteer Fire Department District Chief; St. George Schools fundraiser board; Cascia Hall Family; International Profession Rodeo Association; FFA-4-H livestock judge; soccer & golf coach.
2. What qualities, qualifications and characteristics will you bring to this office?
23 years service to TCSO working in every division. Business owner. Council on Law Enforcement Training & Education (CLEET) advanced instructor. International-Association of Law Enforcement Emergency Response Trainers (ALERT) – Instructor Graduate of Executive Level Management Education and Training- National Sheriffs' Association Graduate of Institute for Law Enforcement Administration /The Center for American and International Law -School of Police Supervision Direct Inmate Supervision Academy Arlington, VA / Collins County, TX Dade County (FL) Police Academy for Criminal Investigators Graduate of Practical Homicide Investigations Law Enforcement Driver's Training – Advanced Instruct the Instructor Graduate of U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission / Labor Laws-Employees & Employer Oklahoma City Police Department – Background Investigations for Police Applicants Graduate of Louisiana State Police -Critical Incidents & Events Scene Command for Law Enforcement Hundreds of hours of law enforcement and community based training as a student and instructor.
3. How would you control the proliferation of the 1033 federal program that offers military equipment and assets to Police departments and the over militarization of police?
Law enforcement agencies must declare the intended use for each item, maintain an audit trail for each item and conduct inventory. We have received some of these which few used and waste of money. Our towers are used in parking lots to prevent crime and at fair. There are some items useful and many that are not. Each item should be reviewed by advisory board and recommend if needed. Criminals are becoming more violent and any equipment that is used to protect our deputies is good. The military equipment is not a daily usage, but only used on special operations with operation planning to protect the deputies and public. The cost saving on the items is an advantage to any agency.
4. Since the Sheriff is the prime administrator of the Sheriff's Department and the Tulsa County Jail, the Sheriff is responsible for creating policies and procedures, budgeting the department's resources– monetary, human, and equipment, and overseeing personnel, what have you done to educate yourself to take on the complex administrative and budgetary issues of the Sheriff's office?
I know the office and employees. Advisory boards and employee groups will be established to needs and running the office more efficient. The office budget needs to be always one year in advance with employee raises included to retain and save office money from losing trained employees. We should not be using a 'Peter to pay Paul' mentality on our budget. Putting right people in right positions and hold them accountable to their duties.
5. Sadly the action of a volunteer led to the death of a man and the consequences have been divisive for our community and have cost our taxpayers literally millions of dollars. Will you use volunteer officers? How will they be used?
I have already have volunteers to serve on advisory boards, these are former law enforcement, business and community leaders ready to serve. Our reserve deputies program needs to be start immediately. They need quality training and job assignments they are trained in with complete record keeping in order. I believe the office is on right track of accomplishing this goal. Our other volunteers program needs to be supported which they perform clerical tasks.
6. Explain your plans to gain the support and cooperation of the men and women currently working in the Sheriff's Department? What will you do to rebuild morale in this department?
I have the majority of support of employees at the office, one of the main reasons I made the decision to run for sheriff was the request of many employees. Raises and work with support of collective bargaining for our deputies and detention officers. Listen to the experts 'The employees'. Need to cross-train employees in same positions for years. Provide quality training and equipment. Support and empower them do their jobs by following policies and procedures and ethical values. Give them encouragement and provide leadership. Open door policy to all without fear of retaliation.
7. Since the Sheriff is an elected position with Constitutional powers to intervene between citizens and the Federal Government, what are your views regarding the conditions, if any, under which such intervention would be appropriate? What action, if any would you take if Federal agents came into Tulsa County to enforce Federal gun laws?
I'm a firm supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, rights of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. The highest ranking law officer in every county of the United States is the sheriff. No federal agent or director outranks the sheriff. If a federal agent tries to override the sheriff, all sheriffs of each county can overrule them and can arrest them. I do not believe this will happen, but I would stop any violations of 2nd Amendment right of any citizen in Tulsa County, as my oath of office is to protect our constitution!
8. Explain what changes if any you would make in the handling of persons in the county jail who are mentally ill?
We are on the right track at the office with the diversion program and new Mentally Ill pods being built. More quality dealing with mentally ill training for the employees is a must. Foster programs with the mental health groups in our community. Provide a better medical contractor at DLM. Advisory Board established to improve this problem.
9. The Oklahoma economy has weakened and government revenues are down. Since the Sheriff serves as one of the eight members of the Budget Board for Tulsa County, what specifically would you propose to deal with a shortfall in County revenues?
Eliminate created positions, non-certified cars and other waste at the office. Work on better contracts at jail (medical, phones, food). The inmate commissary is over 500k+ with no contract, profits needs to be returned to jail not a vendor. The vendor can operate inmate commissary with at 10-18% profit if they choose to do so. Reinstate the 'Inmate Work Crew Program' which saves county millions. Restart the reserves ASAP. Prepare for an expansion of the 287g program which brings in millions to the jail. The office needs to be ran like a business and held accountable for spending.
10. How will voters' best distinguish between you and your opponent(s)?
23 years (never called in sick) dedicated service to Tulsa County Sheriff's Office working in every division, I know the office, the employees and can start many action plans and goals on first day. I'm not accepting campaign contributions and will not be indebted to anyone. I was shot 4 times in the line of duty (died twice in operating room) and never gave up. I could have taken full disability but did therapy and returned to work as most decorated deputy in history of TCSO. I will have advisory boards established to assist with getting office back on track. I'm firm on employees raises each year._ Follow FortySix News on Twitter and Facebook: Follow @FortySixNews

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The comments in this file are organized according to themes, and are based on interviews with Eastmain and Wemindji hunters and trappers done by Colin Scott and Kreg Ettenger, transcribed August 1994, and held in the archives of the Grand Council of the Crees, 27 Bayswater avenue, Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 2E4. The subject of these interviews was the impact of the James Bay hydro project works on the Eastmain-Wemindji area. Respondents are identified only by number. These are from Vol 2, Part A, pps 138-150. Edited slightly for publication on this Web site.
Severe general impact on all flora
Herbs and other plants
Note: individual species are named in black type to aid archival search.
The dotted line indicates a new speaker.
Because of all the changes that have been happening in our territory, even the plants seem not to grow as well as they used to grow, like they come up for a little while and wither and die. And they wouldn't have the same growth that we used to have, because the rainwater is not as good as it used to be, and because of the pollution. And not just one plant but everything, even the trees seem to be dying a lot, and even all the things that we see growing in the early spring, they just come up for a few inches and they wither and die. And that's what I've noticed, that nothing grows as well, maybe because of the weather too, that it's cold and then it's hot and cold, nothing is the same anymore, like the kind of weather that we used to have, it's not the same anymore. And therefore it doesn't help any of the plants to grow healthy, all plants don't seem to be healthy anymore.
I don't seem to be missing any plants that were here before. What I'm saying is that the plants sprout out in the spring and they seem to wither and sometimes not even grow, and then die. I think it's because of the rainwater, even the rainwater is polluted, with all kinds of chemicals are in it. Some people still drink the rainwater, but I hear it's not good anymore to use as drinking water.
I would say all plants are very weak now, because they're not growing as healthy as they used to be.
When I go out there, sometimes I have to go around for quite a bit of time without finding what I'm looking for, because when I do find them, sometimes they're not as good as they should be. I mean, like they start growing very well when you see them in the spring, and then all of a sudden they just wither and die. And when you pick bushes and shrubs for medication, you have to look for a real healthy growth of the plant. Sometimes I can't find that, it's like somebody sprayed on them; they start up very healthy and then they just don't grow as much, as healthy as they used to grow. And I can't figure that one out, what's happening, what's going on in the soil. Is there too much gas, whatever, we're using in the community that it's expanding to the bush around the community? And when I do find them, when I go out in the boat or in the skidoo to find the plants that I'm looking for, sometimes I find that they're not the way I want them, to be effective for medication. Because, like all animals in the bush and the fish in the water, for it to be good, in the teaching of the Native people, it has to be healthy. Like all animals and fish in the water, they have to be healthy in order to be effective when you prepare the medicine to treat the ailment, whatever is wrong with the person. But today I dread going out there sometimes, because I have to walk around for quite a bit of time before I can find the right growth and the healthy plant I?m looking for.
Q: Is this generally around the community itself that you're talking about, or what places?
A: Most of the time it's around the community. But it happens where there's no vehicles or other gases around, in other places, it's the same everywhere. And I don't know what's happening; maybe because of the weather or maybe there's too much chemicals in the air, for the plants to be very poorly developed.
Q: Do you need to gather plants from the wild, or would there be ways to cultivate the plants that you need?
A: I only use the wild plants because I don't think it's wise to start planting what we need for medication; I don't think it would be the same thing.
Q: Why is that?
A: Because it's Nature. Because I don't think the plant is going to grow as well as it does out by itself, out in the Nature, in the natural environment. Same thing with everything else; if something is tampered with, it's not going to be the same. Even if it's just a small little thing that's missing in that plant; it's been tampered with and it's not going to be as effective as it should be. So I don't believe we should start growing these things.
The natural growth of a plant is the best medicine that you can get. And if you grow them out in your backyard or in a place where there's a lot of trucks or planes and things like that, I don't think it's going to be effective. I don't know, I really don't think we should tamper with them, because they've been out there for thousands and thousands of years and we've been using them. And if we tamper with them and bring them to our backyards to grow them, I don't think they'll have the same effect. Something there is surely going to be missing because they belong out in the wild.
All the herbs are uprooted by the building of the dams and roads and everything that's going on, and even though they're growing shrubs instead of the original trees that were there before, that doesn't seem to be working for the animals, because that's not what their diets have been. It's changing a lot, and I don't like the way it?s changed because not everything is very good to eat anymore, they even don't taste right anymore.
The other thing I want to talk about are plants and other things that grow on the ground and where the water is raised (floods) from the dams. It is for sure there is a great amount of plants destroyed since they are under water. The water is very deep and that is where things that grow, plants and the animals lose a lot of feed around these flooded areas, also the people because people eat some of the same plants, too.
I am going to talk about the trees, the ones that are destroyed where the dams are built. Long time ago, before the trees were destroyed, the Crees used trees that grew very well along the rivers. If a Cree didn't camp where the trees were, he always could go along the river to find the tamarack to make snowshoes for himself and his wife and children, different sizes of snowshoes for the different ages of his children, especially the boys. Once they knew how to use snowshoes, he always used the tamarack to make them all snowshoes. The tamarack has very many uses, not only for snowshoes. He used the tamarack to make a toboggan which he used to travel and carry his things from place to place. He'd make toboggans for his wife and the children that could pull a toboggan. The tamarack is very strong and hard. The toboggan was used for a whole year, all through in the winter, also his snowshoes. This is how a Cree knows how the tamarack is good and he thinks very highly of the tamarack. The tamarack grow near the rivers and at the entrance and spillways of a lake. This is where one would look for the tamarack. They grow where there are lots of trees, the small tamaracks weren't really used a long time ago. Today the uses of the tamarack are still the same. I still make snowshoes from tamarack. I look for a nice and tall tamarack, I don't want to lose this skill. I don't make them fancy or different kinds like they used to a long time ago. The tamarack doesn't break easily. It lives up to its name [waachinaakin -- bends easily]. The Crees still use the tamarack the same way today as they did then. I like the wooden tamarack snowshoes very much. People would be amazed how things and what things were made a long time ago.
Today not many want to use the things that were used a long time ago, they don't want to make use of their legs by snow-shoeing. They only want to use machines, as if their legs were fragile. A long time ago, the people used to walk with their snowshoes and pulled their toboggans for a hundred miles to get food. They didn't wear out the toboggan even after pulling it on the snow for a hundred miles, then back to camp. And yet the tamarack toboggan was still good to use for the rest of the winter season. They used to say nimwaapin (meaning coming out to get food from the community -- shopping).
There are a lot of tamarack trees destroyed where the dams are built and the rivers are diverted. It is a great loss for Crees because of the uses they had for the tamarack.
The other kinds of trees, like the black spruce, a person used the black spruce tree that's dry and also the tamarack for firewood, that's how they heated their homes. The boughs from the black spruce were used to cover the floor area and used as a cushion to sleep on. They would place these boughs in a layered form so they wouldn't sleep on the bare ground during the summer. In the winter they used like a double layer of boughs so the cold wouldn't come through when they slept on or even sat on them inside their homes (shelters). The shelter/home was warm, not cold. These were what Crees used when they were hunting and trapping inland. All this is affected by the dams, the water from the dams and this is all destroyed and the effects will last forever.
The wood the beaver depend on is dying along the shoreline. The most delicate wood is birch, like you find along the shore of Sakami, but, even where the water doesn't reach, the birch is dying off as well. It could be due to under-water seepage because there used to be a lot of good birch along there. Now it's pretty well all dying off, and the other thing too that might have caused this is, you know the steam (mist) you get early in the morning from a lake, you know where the cold water and warm air meet that could rise into the bush. We're losing a lot of this (birch), even though the water is not right up to it. Even quite a ways in the bush, there's a lot of that birch dying. There's a lot of birch up there, for making snowshoes, you know, pretty well all the wood you need for toboggans is birch, and it's all decaying.
I was thinking of suggesting to somebody to make a study of the birch; I would like to know how the birch can die even though it's not in the water. It is a very delicate wood, and when it's wet too long it's no good.
Q: Maybe the roots are getting too much water from the ground?
A: From the ground, probably, yes. It's not only birch, it's other types of trees too, even those quite a ways in the bush there, they die.
We used to be able to gather berries and prepare them so they can be used the whole year round. But now sometimes the berries are not as good as they used to be. They're not as big and plump and juicy as they used to be. They just wither away when they start growing, halfway up the growing process the berries, they seem to just -- it's very rare in some spots that the berries are very healthy when you look at them or taste them. It's like they just start out to be just bulbing or just flowering and then they just die.
And the other thing is we don't have as much berries as we used to off the land, berries will grow just a little bud and then that would be about it, whereas in the old days we used to have very, very healthy berries. And we used to dry berries to use in the winter, all kinds of berries, but now today the flowering part will grow but no berries will come out of it, as if something was stopping the actual berries to grow. They would be flowering but sometimes there would be no berries, sometimes just a little bud, that's the thing I noticed most is the berries that we don't have anymore.
We have blueberries, we have cranberries, blackberries, strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, and cherries that grow on bushes, wild cherries I call them. I'm sure there's more berries than I can think of right now.
All those berries that I just mentioned were all edible. And for the birds, all kinds of berries were the main source of diet in the summer, even the bear ate berries, the geese, all the birds and some animals lived on berries in the summer time. And especially us people, we'd pick berries and dry up the berries or make jam out of them, they'd keep for all year round if they were done in the right way. Even some of the berries were used as medication. Like all sorts of bushes and shrubs that are important in our native use, for medication or just for food sources, berries were just as important as all those things that we gathered. Because sometimes we'd keep the berries for the whole year or make jam out of them, keep the jam all year round. It was very important that we'd go pick berries, just as important as everything else we gathered for the year.
Q: Was that a food that people looked forward to every year?
A: Yes, we all looked forward to picking berries and we'd go out and check out if they were blooming and we'd know when to go out and pick them.
Q: Did you know where all the good spots were on your trapline for berries?
A: I know all the very good spots, even here near the community and especially on the trapline.
Q: Whose job was that usually, to pick berries?
A: Everybody would be responsible in picking berries, because if the men went, if the men led a bunch of women, they?d have to sit there and pick berries as well as the women, everybody.
Q: Do you have any idea why there are less berries now then there used to be?
A: Because of all the building of the dams on our area, the hydro lines, because everything seemed to change, even the weather, it seems that the berries are not as nice, they're not as healthy. Like all other plants today, because of the weather and the uprooting of all the shrubs and the bushes, because of what they're doing to the land, they're uprooting everything and spilling chemicals everywhere it seems.
The land that has been flooded was probably very nice, nice for all kinds of berries to grow. We all know that when a river flows, along the shores it is very nice, and this is where the berries grow, and where people pick them to eat. Also the different animals and birds pick the berries from there too. The bear really likes to eat the blueberries. As soon as the blackberries are ripe the bear eats them all the time. The bear eats them even after the berries fall off. Sometimes, the snow is already on the ground, and you still can see these berries. The bear is still eating them, this is how the bear stays/looks healthy and tastes very good to eat, produces its fat. That's how we make siikusaakin --- fat crackling; scruncheon", when a person kills a bear he doesn't eat by himself, he shares with relatives and friends. Also when he makes the bear grease from the bear fat. He gets a lot of meat from that bear that helps with feeding his family. All the different kinds of berries, the bear likes to eat them: strawberries, raspberries, shikutaau --- bakeapple berry, blackberries, blueberries, nichikuminaanish -- a species of blueberries (smaller), mooseberries, gooseberries, red berries you find on the ground on very low bushes, cranberries, shaapumin ---gooseberry, ayuuskinich --- raspberry. The bear eats these too when these berries are ripe.
Other animals eat the berries too, I can't name all of them that eat these berries. I know for sure the porcupine eats berries, also the spruce grouse. The ptarmigan, I also know for sure that the fox eat the berries. The birds (fowl) that eat berries that I know are the geese, they eat berries on the islands and even on the hills where the berries grow. The geese fly and look for the berries; also the snow geese (wavies) do the same as the geese. The birds will feed on whatever kind of berries they can find. No one can think that only a few eat these berries, all kinds of animals eat them.
The people think highly of these berries because they know that a lot of birds and animals eat these berries to survive. A person looks for the berries he likes and he picks them, puts them in a container and uses these berries the way he likes them. If he want to eat jam he makes it and enjoys the jam and is satisfied, and just as the animals that fly, walk or run, the people that feed on these berries are nourished. The Crees really love berries. A long time ago, way back, food was scarce; only the fish were plentiful and ducks were killed. When one didn't catch that many fish in his nets, he would pick berries and make shikumin --- fish and berries mixed together. Every summer the berries grow; there are lots of berries, used to be lots that I saw inland, also along the coast. Nobody, no one can say "I don't care about the berries", because the birds and animals feed on them and that's how they survive -- no one can say "I don't get anything from the berries".
On the land that was flooded with water, there were a lot of berries destroyed because the land where the berries grew is completely under water. There were probably lots of berries growing where there is only water now. I know that berries grow inland. I have walked all over when I am inland and I see and look for things that I was taught, and help them; I don't want to let it go and lose it.
A: The first impacts are the flooding of the land and the destroying of the wildlife, the traditional food we lived on, and the medicine we used from the land; also we were able to use the awaashischiish, sphagnum moss, for baby diapers. But they have taken our money and put it all under water; the money that we could have earned from the fur pelts from the fur-bearing animals they drowned.
Q: One thing that I have not been told much about is the traditional medicine that has been lost by the flooding? Maybe you could start there, would you be able to tell us a little?
A: From the trees we would use the bark on a tree; that was used for deep cuts, and we would apply it directly on to the skin.
Q: The bark from what kind of a tree?
1A: Tamarack (waachinaakan); we would scrape the outer layer of the bark, then strip the bark from the tree, and then apply the inside layer of that bark directly on to the wound.
Q: Was this for a burn or a cut?
1A: Most of the time it was for cuts, when someone would cut himself with an axe.
Q: Would you say there is a loss of medicine because of the flooding? Looking for example at the tamarack, would there not be lots of tamarack in areas which have not been flooded?
A: True there is still a lot left, but most of them are under water. Another kind of medicine that was used was wiisichjpjkw [rhododendron canadense, according to Cree Dictionary]; you find these in an area of pine trees --- uschiskaau --- and they were used for a sore throat.
Q: Can you describe wiisichipikw?
A: They grow near the uschiskaau (pine trees) with the shrubs; they're small and light in colour and the leaves are a little wider but thinner compared to Labrador tea. Usually you can see they grow on top of the shrubs; its not Labrador tea but they are similar.
Q: Can you name other plants or trees that have been lost for medicine?
A: Sphagnum moss (awaashichitsh); I cannot remember seeing anyone use this for healing but I have heard of people using it as a heating pad. This moss was also used for cleaning purposes, like drying dishes and for toilet paper, and was used also for applying pressure on a wound by putting it inside a layer of cloth; the mid-wives long ago also used this as a mattress cover when a woman was in labor.
Q: Let's suppose that on a particular territory the main river and main lakes had been flooded; does that mean that your most important sources of some of these medicines would be wiped out? For instance, tamarack grows in low-lying places and much of this moss is found in low places. I don't know about this wiisichipikw but perhaps that also grows in lower places. If the most important concentrations of these plants are around rivers and lakes does that mean that flooding would destroy most of what you have available? From your knowledge of environment would you say that is true, or are these things distributed evenly across the landscape?
A: Most of these would now be under water because they are located in the low-lying areas are were flooded first.
Q: On the traplines if we are talking in terms of the percentage of land flooded; would it be a quarter or more?
A: Not that much where we are now but that part of the land I was talking about was the best area for everything, like the fur-bearing animals and the traditional medicine plants were all abundant and now all this part of the land is flooded.
Another thing is the movement of eel grass, it seems to be moving southward in its distribution. Like the old man at Old Factory has said, when he was very young, there were no brants at Old Factory -- the brants need eel grass to feed on. Then, during his hunting years, the brants came into the Old Factory area. And now, they go beyond Eastmain, almost halfway to Waskaganish. This is one of the changes the old people have noticed in their lifetimes, and from long ago.


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Huawei just revealed through a conversation with a general manager of their company that they will be making the nexus device this year. They went on to say that it's a nice product to make but that it never sells well. This is something very true. Android fans always love the nexus phones, but in reality other high-end phones outsell them every single year.
But what's interesting is that HTC is also releasing the nexus phones this year. Two of them, actually, so we don't know if Huawei means this year or next year. Last year's nexus 6P was made by them, so it's a possibility that they will make it again this year, given the praise the 6P got. So we will have to wait and see...maybe we even get three nexus phones this year!


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Apple may not announce its most recent iOS 10.2 update yet, but their 2nd developer's beta provides us a glance of the bug fixes and latest features upcoming to iOS.
1. New Emojis.
Your iOS device keyboards will be having 72 new more emojis in iOS 10.2 as we clearly have not arrived at the peak of communication of emoji yet. This comprises prominent smiley and bad faces, more food fundamentals and selfie arm and other.
2. Emergency SOS.
The feature of emergency that initially emerged on Apple Watch will be accessible on iOS 10.2 devices after update.
In case of emergency, it will let you to call authorities devoid of taking phone out of the pocket.
Press on/off button 5 times consecutively to start a 3-second countdown that will connect you to emergency services in 14 countries: Brazil, Belgium, Spain, Canada, Australia, France, China, Hong Kong, Italy, India, Russia, Japan, the US and the UK.
3. Preserve settings of camera.
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4. New Wallpaper on 7 and 7 plus.
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If you're a broker, you probably monitor your agents' transaction size and productivity. You closely manage desk costs and net profit. But are you keeping an eye on client satisfaction?
According to RealSatisfied, an online application that enables brokers to send customer satisfaction surveys through an intuitive dashboard, increasing client satisfaction can help you harvest real money by increasing repeat and referral business over time, and improve your reputation online.
It's serious business.
If you consider that recommendations from friends and family rank second only to Internet research (according to a REAL Trends/Harris Interactive survey of 2,277 qualified buyers), you could be losing out if you're not diligently managing how your agents treat their customers.
RealSatisfied • $50/month per office • unlimited surveys • 30 day free trial
But there's more to it than that. For Jeff Turner, president of RealSatisfied, it's about continuous brand improvement. RealSatisfied enables you to build and safeguard your brand by carefully listening to your customers.
"The point of departure between most surveys and the traditional kinds of data they reveal and what RealSatisfied is doing is big," Turner explains. "RealSatisfied creates continuous opportunities to strengthen your brand through customer input."
In other words, the kind of customer input RealSatisfied gathers is data you can use to transform and build your business, based on what your customers really want.
Satisfaction Made Actionable
What makes RealSatisfied unique is that it makes customer satisfaction input actionable.
An intuitive dashboard enables brokers to see how individual agents are performing against each other and national industry benchmarks.
You can easily compare results between agents, look for trends and spot problems.
The point is not to penalize agents for bad service, but to provide training that will help them improve to strengthen your brand and brokerage. Since all surveys sent to clients are identical, you can easily compare results and single out a troublesome area based on aggregate and individual results and take action.
For example, if an agent has a demonstrable problem with a certain area of service, RealSatisfied can easily pinpoint it based on real customer data.
Turner says this makes it a whole lot easier for management to not only identify a problem, but to coach the agent through the issue by using real world examples associated with individual transactions. That's something consumer-driven review platforms like Yelp! and Google Plus just can't do.
"We create opportunities for a broker to get involved in a conversation with an agent with specific customer feedback," Turner says. So it's always relevant and real.
"It takes the mystery out of the process," Turner continues. "If management's attitude is, 'let's get this specific thing fixed by helping you succeed,' all of a sudden you've got a win-win situation for the agent and the brokerage."
What's more, Turner says that the ongoing feedback offers continuous opportunities to improve — across the brokerage.
"We make it possible from an organizational standpoint to understand where they're falling short, and to identify who needs coaching in what area." Turner explains. "When you have specific customer feedback you can target exactly what you need to do to improve. It's an enormous coaching and training opportunity."
Target Surveys, Revealing Results
There are seven types of surveys, which take an average client about five minutes to complete:
- Seller
- Buyer
- Lost Listing Presentation
- Landlord Loyalty
- Tenant Loyalty
- Landlord Placement Survey
- Tenant Placement
- Peer Review (new)
Turner says that clients complete about 54 percent of all surveys, despite their detail and length. The number of surveys completed improves the longer brokers use RealSatisfied. Surveys identify the client's gender and age, and illuminate details about how the client heard about the broker and how specific aspects of the transaction were handled.
Clients can rate the professionalism of the agent, on a variety of parameters including approachability, friendliness and responsiveness.
At the end of the survey, there is an opportunity for the client to agree to provide a testimonial. But if the survey results are negative, the prompt for the testimonial will not appear. Instead, the client will be asked if he would like a follow-up call to talk about the issue.
"People are most likely to complete a survey immediately after a transaction, when everything is still fresh," Turner explains. "But we also recognize that if someone has had a horrible experience, the last thing we want to do is ask for a testimonial. It's like salt in the wound."
That's why bad reviews are automatically routed to whomever you designate at your brokerage — if the client has agreed to be called to discuss the problem.
It's important to note that bad reviews are actually an unparalleled opportunity. In fact, statistics show that someone who leaves a negative review will often reverse their opinion and become a net positive more than half the time. But that's if they're contacted promptly to address the problem.
Turner notes that not everyone who completes a survey — even if the results are positive — agrees to provide a testimonial. But if the client does, testimonials are also checked by an automated filter before they are published, using an escalation process similar to that for unhappy customers.
"We do everything we can to make sure that the system can't be gamed," Turner says. "We make sure that positive reviews are real and verified."
Making the Most of Reviews
RealSatisfied allows agents and brokers to make the most of positive reviews via social channels.
It starts with RealSatisfied agent profile pages that are populated with testimonials with dates, contact information and links to the agent's presence on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
A large pane also offers RealSatisfied stats on the agent's performance. A prominent badge indicates that the testimonials are verified, and it's easy to share the page to Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn or any number of other social outlets.
For your prospects, that means that your RealSatisfied reviews will show up in their Internet research, thus burnishing your online reputation and increasing the likelihood that they will choose you.
Since 72 percent of consumers trust online reviews as much as a personal recommendation, and more than half of consumers say that positive online reviews increase their likelihood of using a local business, it's common sense to make the most of your reviews, internally and to the outside world.
RealSatisfied vs. Yelp! or Google Plus Local
Yet RealSatisfied isn't a replacement for Yelp! or Google Plus Local — you still want reviews on those platforms. That's why RealSatisfied is working on ways to help promote those services as well.
"If the consumer has rated the transaction highly, we want to find ways to make sure their recommendations get to as many places as possible," Turner explains. "But we're only going to do that if the survey indicates that they were highly satisfied with the experience."
RealSatisfied knows that consumers see Yelp! and Google as neutral, credible venues, and having a strong presence there will help drive traffic to your site. Google considers the number of reviews you on the web have in ranking your site in search — they're called external citations.
Google even populates its maps with reviews pulled from Google Plus Local pages, and gives preferential search results to local businesses with a strong Google Plus presence.
That's why it's imperative that you actively solicit and monitor reviews outside of RealSatisfied. After all, the more credible citations you have, the better your search results. But remember that RealSatisfied's testimonials are also considered external citations, so the more the merrier.
You can also integrate verified RealSatisfied reviews into your website, using an easy to configure WordPress plugin, or the company's well-documented API.
RealSatisfied Reviews Now Syndicated to Realtor.com
In July, 2013, RealSatisfied announced that it struck an agreement with Realtor.com to syndicate its reviews to agent profiles on the portal.
Realtor.com's HyperSocial/SocialBios feature sucks in RealSatisfied's testimonials and displays them as part of the agent's free profile, significantly enhancing the agent's credibility. All the agent has to do is to create a profile on Realtor.com, and link it to their RealSatisfied profile page.
Turner says that the Realtor.com deal has definitely increased the company's exposure in the United States. He also notes that integrations in progress push their North America agent count to over 10,000.
The deal is significant on several fronts, not the least of which is that it is the first external review syndication agreement for the company.
Turner says that while Google and Yelp! are unlikely to ever accept RealSatisfied reviews, the deal piqued the interest of several large MLSs and associations. They see the possibilities of integrating verified reviews with agent profiles on their systems.
But while Turner is pleased about the additional exposure and opportunity, it's not the core purpose of RealSatisfied.
Results, Not Just Reviews
"People tend to lump us into the category of agent ratings," Turner explains. "But Agent ratings aren't what we're about. What we're really trying to do is create continuous brand strengthening opportunities. We're about customer feedback and the process of continually improving the brand of the brokerage.
"Agent ratings are a byproduct," Turner concludes, but not without saying that getting the most exposure possible for RealSatisfied's testimonials is obviously a good thing, regardless of the venue. But Turner is adamant that the overall big benefit to the broker is the opportunity to continually improve a brand through customer input.
Yet what Turner isn't saying is this: RealSatisfied is a great way to grow your business from the inside out. Because the more you know, the more you can improve. And that is almost certainly RealSatisfied's most important value proposition.


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OK~ Today I am thinking about all of the volunteers that have positively impacted my family in some shape or form. One of my friends shared earlier on Facebook that it seemed like a volunteer position is more work than a paid position. That statement got me thinking. I began to think back to all of those hours that I camped under the stars with the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. I reminisced back to all those den meetings and Pack Meetings. They were extremely busy days, yet I would not trade them for the world.
There are many people that have volunteered their time in Sunday School Classrooms that my boys attended, as well as the youth group volunteers that shared their heart and soul with them. Without volunteers, our kids would simply not have the opportunities that they have today. I guess that is one reason that I have stepped up to help out where I have been able to. Kids need adults that will listen to them and they also need adults that will keep them going when they need a little "push" to get something completed.
Those Kindergarten days were fun when we made Kindergarten handprints for Moms for Mother's Day. Thinking back to this day makes me smile. I can recall of my son's classmates wanting to wiggle his hands because his Mom said he never sat still! Sounds like the average five year old, don't you think?
You know what makes a volunteer so special? The fact that they have a passion for what they are doing, they do not expect any money, and they enjoy being a part of the lives of others. Our youngest son is currently blessed to have ten volunteer coaches for his high school trapshooting team. These coaches are giving more than 300 hours of their time to inspire our kids! We are truly blessed to have such a great set of role models.
Without volunteers our world would simply not go around. If each of us gave a small amount of time to inspire others with our passions, can you imagine what we could accomplish? I'd love to hear how you volunteer your time and why you enjoy it? Is your family blessed with volunteer coaches, as we are? After All, It's All In a Mom's Day, Right?


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This past weekend marked the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United. Protesters, dubbed Occupy the Courts, gathered at the Court to voice their disapproval of the decision:
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As Institute for Justice campaign finance expert Paul Sherman explains in the video above:
The irony of those protests is that you had groups of people getting together to speak out against a Supreme Court decision that protected the right of people to get together and speak out.
Indeed, people should not lose their right to free speech simply by exercising their right to freely associate. And when people group together–be it on the steps of a courthouse, in the form of a trade union or as a corporation–they don't lose their freedom to speak out.
Occupy the Courts protesters also mistakenly believed that the Citizens United ruling held that "money is speech." In fact, the Court never said that. Rather, it ruled correctly that money facilitates speech. And if the government has the power to control how much money you can spend speaking, then it effectively can control your speech.
Importantly, the law in question in the Citizens United case empowered the government to fine and even imprison ordinary people for engaging in certain types of speech. The government argued in court that it had the power to ban videos and books. I don't believe that many Americans, including the Occupy the Courts protesters, think the government should be in the business of banning books.
Opponents of Citizens United seem particularly upset about the rise of Super PACs–a term used frequently this campaign season, often accompanied with a warning about their dangers. But the Citizens United ruling only indirectly affected the creation of Super PACs.
Further, Super PACs actually help to level the playing field.
Before Super PACs, wealthy people could spend as much as they wanted voicing their opinions in campaigns. For instance, Bill Gates could spend $1 billion on political ads, but if two people of more modest means decided to pool their money together to speak out, they would be limited to spending just $10,000 total.
In a case called SpeechNow.org v FEC, litigated by the Institute for Justice and the Center for Competitive Politics, the government ruled that the $10,000 limit was unconstitutional, giving rise to Super PACs. That is, Super PACs simply allow ordinary Americans to do what wealthy people have been allowed to do for decades.
And while Super PACs may help people to speak more effectively this election season, ultimately it will be voters who decide which candidates to support. As Paul Sherman makes clear:
The real question raised by Super PACs is, are voters going to be allowed to decide for themselves which messages they want to consider before they cast their ballot, or is the government going to decide that for them?
Citizens United correctly recognized that the First Amendment protects the right of voters to think for themselves. Moreover, by taking censorship of political speech off the table, Citizens United allows us to focus on the real problem with the political process:
It's not that there's too much money in politics, but that politicians control too much money. As long as government is in the business of spending trillions of dollars and influencing countless aspects of the economy and our lives, special interests will inevitably be drawn towards them.
The only solution, then, is to shrink government.


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I have a 1968 Ford Interceptor with Eaton marine conversion 165 hp. In need of exhaust parts:
2 reducers from manifold to exhaust line. Manifold is 2 1/2 inch OD, exhaust pipe is 2 inch ID. Rubber reducer is about 4 inches long. Picture attached.
2 "S" bends 2 inch ID. Offset about 8 inches. Run about 11 inches. picture attached.
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The Future of Corporation Tax in the UK
On Monday 19th September, Newbury entrepreneur and Liberal Democrat supporter, Tony Harris, is chairing an informal discussion event on the Future of Corporation Tax in the UK at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth.
Tony is co chair of the Liberal Democrat Entrepreneurs Network and sits on the Tax Policy working group. He says:
"Last year Vince Cable put together a group of experts to consider the future of Coporation Tax. This group now wants to hear from everyone with an interest or opinion in the area. The UK needs a radical re working of the tax system to make taxation fairer for everyone and ensure businesses can thrive and so boost employment in the UK."
Time: 4:30pm
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Textile products with electric functionalities are being marketed as "smart textiles". The European standardisation organism, CEN, has installed a workgroup TC248/WG31 where experts discuss the standardisation proposals related to 'smart textiles'. At this very moment, a new work task is examining and developing the standardisation of conductive textiles. This pre-standard project aims to develop standard methods needed by the textile sector to expand its activities in this new market. In this way, manufacturers, sub-contractors, distributors and customers will dispose of a tool to verify the performances of conductive textiles.
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Linear qualification: A two year course with all exams at the end of Year 13.
Entry Guide: 5 Level, 5/6 grades or more at GCSE including English & Maths and are required to take 3/4 linear courses in Year 12, with Level 5 or 6 grades in appropriate subjects depending on individual entry criteria.
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Linear AS qualification: A standalone, one year course usually completed in Year 12.
Entry Guide: At least a Level 5/6 grade in GCSE subject required for most courses.
May be taken as well as a full A Level in some linear subjects, but will not carry UCAS points if the full A Level is completed.
Level 3 Vocational Subjects
- Mainly coursework based and modular in nature, these courses are designed to develop student's skills as well as knowledge. 75% coursework and 25% exam assessed in both Year 12 and 13
- Units add together to create the final grade over two years.
- A Level equivalent qualification carrying the same UCAS points as A Levels but are graded as Pass(E), Merit (C), Distinction (A) or Distinction* (A*).
Entry Guide: Students require 5 level 4 grades including English & Maths to study these courses.
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• Students achieving a mix of Level 2 & 3 grades at GCSE are best suited to this course.
• It aims to give students and additional year's study before starting Level 3 Vocational courses.
Entry Guide: Students will be interviewed individually to access these courses.
Futures Courses: Medics, Scientists (TASC), Teachers, Oxbridge, Sports Science courses and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
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According to Boy Genius Report, Verizon Wireless is in the process of testing iPads compatible with their CDMA network, along with a 4G model. An iPad on Verizon?
The news is particularly welcome on the heels of AT&T's new pricing model, which will be especially onerous on data-heavy iPad owners. (Then again, Verizon's on record as being in favor of tiered 4G plans as well.) And while AT&T had a five-year exclusivity agreement in place for the iPhone, there's no indication that a similar deal was reached at the iPad's launch. We'll update if and when more detail becomes more available.


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Jeff Kent in Slot Position
Hey i know the swing is more "hip thrust" important than hand path, but when the thrust does finish and the hands start whipping through what are the hands or top hand's job at that point thanks.
Swing Smarter Response:
Great question JB, and one that can merit a 2,000 word essay. I'm not going to reinvent the wheel here...quite a bit of the information below comes from Chas at I.T.S. Baseball & The Baseball Hitting Rebellion Blog, so feel free to CLICK HERE and read this Down & Through Myths article. I personally think the Comments at the bottom of the article are SUPER-priceless, so please check them out as well.
Regarding proper "Nike Swoosh" swing hand path...I agree, hip thrust is "the" most important part of the swing in generating consistency and power, but also one of the hardest hitting concepts to unlearn if a hitter isn't doing it correctly.
My QUICK answer to help fix hip thrust and keeping a great palm up/down hand path??
My best suggestion to learn a great 2-geared hip thrusting swing is swinging with a 6 foot garden utility thick handle you can purchase at Home Depot located in the Garden shovel and rake area (this is for older players...younger ones need a slightly smaller and thinner handled one).
The benefits?
This keeps a great palm up/down hand path through the zone, forces the hips & core to "lead" the shoulders and arms, and if you hear a long whooosh sound behind the hitter, over the impact zone, and through contact during the swing, then you're on the right hand-path.
Now, that's the short of it...technically,
Hand path starts after the Slot position, where the knob will be pointing at the opposing batter's box and bat shaft hugs tight to the rear shoulder with barrel pointing same direction as hitter's back, and begins it's descent down to the Area of Impact (AOI).
From the Slot Position to the start of the AOI, the barrel is "accelerating," and once it enters the Impact Zone, the barrel will already be "accelerated."
This is reverse is true with Down & Through...hand path is "accelerating" through impact...don't we want to be at top speed when we hit the ball, NOT just getting there?
Once the hips begin to clear, at the beginning of the Impact Zone, the slotted back elbow will resemble that of a one arm (palm up) rowing motion, almost similar to an outward uppercut, away from the body and towards the pitcher.
The sooner we can get into the palm up/down hand position the better, after Slot.
The bottom hand stays slightly bent and snug to the rub cage...this is for any late adjustments the body must make if it gets fooled by a cutter in or an inside fastball the brain miscalculated. You see this bent front elbow on a lot of Big League inside pitches.
The tighter we keep the elbows to the body, the faster the rotation, similar to an Olympic ice skater spinning in place.
Adjustment cannot be made to a D&T swing during the Impact Zone because the body is focusing on acceleration still...with the "Nike Swoosh" swing, we've already accelerated to that point, so we've built in a little margin for error.
At Impact, the following information flies in the face of all conventional wisdom (I actually got into a hitting argument recently with one of my best buddies and Fresno State teammate about this), the barrel drops below the hands behind the back hip and gets on the pitched baseball plane.
This is where Chas's (and my own) hitting philosophy differ from "Rotational" styles...
From there, as a result of the top hand's sweat, we keep the barrel on plane significantly past contact (top hand rowing motion mentioned earlier).
So, bottom line JB?
Between the core and hip thrust doing most of the work getting the 2-ton fly wheel turning, the top hand is just a guide through ball to barrel Impact.
I hope this helps, and any questions, please feel free to respond in the Comments section...
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